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Virginia Wildlife Management Area boundary sign. WMAs in Virginia differ from other state-managed protected areas in that they are solely intended to preserve and improve wildlife habitat, with a particular focus on game animals, and to provide public space for hunting and fishing activities.
Virginia conservation police officers are also appointed as deputy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agents, which allows them to investigate (and cross state lines to investigate) suspected violations of federal wildlife laws. [4] Virginia game wardens were first appointed in 1903. The title was changed to "conservation police officer" in ...
Virginia portal; Wildlife Management Areas of Virginia Pages in category "Wildlife management areas of Virginia" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Board holds meetings every year to consider amendments to the Virginia Administrative Code. In even-numbered years, fish and aquatic regulations are reviewed. In odd numbered years, game and terrestrial nongame wildlife regulations are reviewed. Procedures for emergency situations had not yet been developed, as of 2004.
G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, one of the richest botanical areas of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is a 4,000-acre (16 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) located primarily in Fauquier County, Virginia, with small encroachments into both Warren and Clarke Counties.
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Chester F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area (also known as the C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area ) is a 4,539-acre (18.37 km 2 ) Wildlife Management Area located in Fauquier and Culpeper counties, Virginia .
Turkeycock Wildlife Management Area is a 2,679-acre (10.84 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) along the ridge of Turkeycock Mountain northeast of Martinsville, Virginia. It straddles the border between Franklin and Henry counties. The area is primarily forest, with several open areas for wildlife located around the property.
Featherfin Wildlife Management Area is a 2,800-acre (11 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Prince Edward, Appomattox, and Buckingham counties, Virginia. It covers forests and marshland along 10 miles (16 km) of the Appomattox River ; many stands of hardwood and pine (primarily loblolly ) may be found within its boundaries.